waft
verb (used with object)
to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water.
was wafting
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past progressiveof waft.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"I was diving in the Clyde and one of the instructors had to pull me out of the way of the tentacles as it was wafting above me," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The decision to keep courthouse doors open last week, even as smoke was wafting in, has been met with a mix of frustration and bemusement by the legal community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
A large puff of smoke was wafting from an overhead luggage bin.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2022
One suspended well, set in the woods only a few hundred feet from a home, was wafting the telltale rotten smell of hydrogen sulfide.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
There were at least thirty men in the shadows, crowded together, and a fierce stench was wafting out at us.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
